Your Goals Are the Problem: Why Chasing More is Keeping You Stuck

You ever chase the goal, hit the milestone, map the future — then feel like you’re sprinting nowhere?

In today’s episode, host Shawn Michael exposes the hidden cost of goal-chasing in “Your Goals Are the Problem: Why Chasing More is Keeping You Stuck.” If you’ve been grinding for dreams that no longer fit who you are now, this is your wake-up call to shift from survival ambition to real alignment.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• Why goals born from survival, approval, or fear keep you trapped
• How identity drives goal-setting more than strategy
• How to redraw your map from who you are — not who you were

This Episode Will Help You:

• Recognize when your biggest dreams aren’t your real dreams
• Let go of survival-based goals without feeling like a quitter
• Chart a future rooted in purpose, not pressure

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On the Next Episode:

“The Loneliness Epidemic: Why High Achievers Can’t Find Real Connection” — where we’ll face why success often isolates, and how to rebuild real relationships that fuel you.

Reflection Prompts

Go deeper with these questions to reconnect your goals with your real growth:

• Spot: Which of your goals feels like an old survival strategy, not a soul strategy?
• Unhook: What fear was driving that goal? Is that fear still running you?
• Redraw: If you were free to start fresh, what dream would actually light you up today?
• Alignment Check: Are you climbing a ladder that's still yours—or just one you inherited?

Exercises

Here’s how to start realigning your vision this week:

• Spot Step (10 minutes): Write down the 3 biggest goals you’re chasing. Then, ask: "Whose voice started this?"
• Unhook Move (5 minutes): Cross out one goal that no longer serves you. Give yourself permission to release it.
• Redraw Lift (1 day): Draft a new vision for the next 12 months based on who you are today.
• Freedom Cue (Ongoing): Repeat daily: "My future is built from alignment, not pressure."